As if she’s trying to work out how they all connect, with her eyes cauled and clouded. Her pale eyes flitting fishy: intruder-lantern-door-intruder.
She looks up at him, startled, from the bed. But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where nothing is quite what it seems.īlending darkness and light, Things in Jars is a stunning, “richly woven tapestry of fantasy, folklore, and history” ( Booklist, starred review) that explores what it means to be human in inhumane times. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost and an avuncular apothecary. Winding her way through the sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won’t rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing secrets about her past that she’d rather keep buried.
In this “miraculous and thrilling” (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London comes to life as an intrepid female sleuth wades through a murky world of collectors and criminals to recover a remarkable child.īridie Devine-flame-haired, pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire-is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors in this age of discovery.
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